From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Comparative cost analysis for chassis switchboxes, detailing a Bosch model versus an in-house model with a separate push starter button.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\2\ img073 | |
| Date | 1st April 1932 | |
| Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. c. E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} S. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Dn. X6139 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.5/ADS.4.32. CHASSIS SWITCHES With reference to your Sg{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD}31/224.3.32 addressed to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} we give below as a matter of interest the comparative costs of our own switchbox and the Bosch switchbox which we described in our Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.5/AD22.3.32. Bosch. which includes push button and warning light £2. 0. 0. each R.R. without push button or warning light £4. 17. 0. each Price of push starter button £1. 2. 10 each Total £5. 19. 0. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||